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A volcanically active planet is shown in closeup at the left side of the image with glowing eruptions and lines of lava on the surface. To the right and in the distance is a faint blue glowing ball representing the more massive planet in the system.

Sixteen frames from Voyager 1's flyby of Jupiter in 1979 were merged to create this image. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is visible in the center. Jupiter's moon Europa can be seen in the foreground at the bottom left of the image.

The frame is a horizontal rainbow of color on a grid. Shadows of molecules can be seen through the light as well as the jagged peaks and troughs of spectral lines.

Fizzy Super Earths and Lava Worlds“Fizzy Super-Earths: Impacts of Magma Composition on the Bulk Density and Structure of Lava Worlds.” in The Astrophysical Journal.01/03

Identifying Hydrothermal Activity on Icy Ocean Worlds“Ethene-ethanol ratios as potential indicators of hydrothermal activity at Enceladus, Europa, and other icy ocean worlds.” In Icarus.02/03

NASA Raman Spectroscopic Database"The NASA Raman spectroscopic database: Ramdb version 1.00.” In Icarus.03/03

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August 2008Triple F—a comet nucleus sample return mission

Küppers, M., Keller, H. U., Kührt, E., A’Hearn, M. F., Altwegg, K., Bertrand, R., … Busemann, H. (2008). Exp Astron, 23(3), 809–847. doi:10.1007/s10686-008-9115-8

Evolutionary ecology during the rise of dioxygen in the Earth's atmosphere

Sleep, N. H., & K Bird, D. (2008). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 363(1504), 2651–2664. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0018

July 2008TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission

Coustenis, A., Atreya, S. K., Balint, T., Brown, R. H., Dougherty, M. K., Ferri, F., … Fulchignoni, M. (2008). Exp Astron, 23(3), 893–946. doi:10.1007/s10686-008-9103-z

Terrestrial Analysis of the Organic Component of Comet Dust*

Sandford, S. A. (2008). Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 1(1), 549–578. doi:10.1146/annurev.anchem.1.031207.113108

Atmospheric chemistry: Her dark materials

Zahnle, K. (2008). Nature, 454(7200), 41–42. doi:10.1038/454041a

June 2008 The Urey Instrument: An Advanced In Situ Organic and Oxidant Detector for Mars Exploration

Aubrey, A. D., Chalmers, J. H., Bada, J. L., Grunthaner, F. J., Amashukeli, X., Willis, P., … Skelley, A. M. (2008). Astrobiology, 8(3), 583–595. doi:10.1089/ast.2007.0169

Micron-scale mapping of sulfur cycling across the oxycline of a cyanobacterial mat: a paired nanoSIMS and CARD-FISH approach

Fike, D. A., Gammon, C. L., Ziebis, W., & Orphan, V. J. (2008). ISME J, 2(7), 749–759. doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.39

Extraterrestrial nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite

Martins, Z., Botta, O., Fogel, M. L., Sephton, M. A., Glavin, D. P., Watson, J. S., … Dworkin, J. P. (2008). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 270(1-2), 130–136. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.026

Science Priorities for Mars Sample Return

None (2008). Astrobiology, 8(3), 489–535. doi:10.1089/ast.2008.0759

Habitability of Enceladus: Planetary Conditions for Life

Parkinson, C. D., Liang, M-C., Yung, Y. L., & Kirschivnk, J. L. (2008). Orig Life Evol Biosph, 38(4), 355–369. doi:10.1007/s11084-008-9135-4

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